1. Two Cases of Strictures after Percutaneous CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Author
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Ortwin Heißler, Paul F. Engelhardt, Maximilian Fingernagel, Stephan Seklehner, and Claus R. Riedl
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Kidney ,Percutaneous ,business.industry ,Radiofrequency ablation ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Treatment options ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,law ,Renal cell carcinoma ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Medicine ,Complication rate ,Radiology ,RC870-923 ,business ,Severe complication ,Upper urinary tract - Abstract
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective minimally invasive treatment option in selected patients with T1a tumors of the kidney with a low complication rate. We describe two cases that developed the rare but severe complication of thermal injury-induced strictures of the upper urinary tract and its consecutive management.
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- 2020